holmes] stools. 155 



in the order of their importance. When this was done and the in- 

 sertions were neatly worked together with the fingers, a number of 

 small instruments were employed in finishing: a sharp styhis for indi- 

 cating parts of the costume, and blunt points and small tubular dies 



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Fig. 231. Stool of plain clay, with grotesque fiKiufs - ;. 



for adding intaglio details of anatomy, such as the navel, the pupils 

 of the eyes, and the partings of the fingers and toes. 



The discoidal plate of another specimen is supported by four ab- 

 stirdly grotesque monkeys, giving a general effect miich like that of 

 the last. 



A xvvv iviii.-irkalil.' nirr,. is sli.Avn in Fi-. •.':;•.• The tablet is sup- 



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ported by six grotesque figures, somewhat human in appearance, 

 whose limbs are intertwined with serpents, suggesting the famous 

 group of the Laocoon. The work is roughly done and the details 



